Button



mme o. ANDERSON an T. PATTISON.

BUTTON. Y No. 384,273. Patented June 12, l888 v NA PETERS. Pmkrlilhognpher. washngtun. 0:6.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEO OLE ANDERSON AND THOMAS PATTISON, OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALFORNIA.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,273,5.ated Time 12, 1888.

Serial No. 265,501. (No model.)

.To LZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, OLE ANDERSON and THOMAS PATTIsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at San Luis Obispo, in the county of San Luis Obispo and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Buttons, of' which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in buttons,with especial reference to that class of buttons which are adapted to be attached to garments without the aid of thread or other sewing material; and it has for its object to provide a button in which the head will be attached to the shank in such a manner as to prevent lateral play of the head.

With this object in view the invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement, which are fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein* Figure lis a side view of the button. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the cap removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the back and clutch. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the slotted and apertured plates detached.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the head of the button, which comprises the hollow cap B, having an inturned flange, C, around its edge, the lower plate, D, which is held in the cap by means of the said flange G, and the upper plate, E,which bears on the lower plate, D.

The lower plate is provided at its center with a depression, F, in the centerof which is formed the slot G. The plate E,which is flat, is provided at its center with two adjacent apertures, H H, which are aligned with vthe slot G in the lower plate. It will be seen that the depression in the lower plate causes the sides of the slot therein to be some distance below the apertures in the upper plate.

In order to prevent the plates D and E from turning independently of each other,and thus throwing the apertures in the upper plate out of alignment with the slot in the lower plate, we provide the lower or slotted plate on op posite sides with vertical studs or projections I Lwhich engage in the notches K K, which said arms or detents are reduced orsharpened to points to enable them to be passed through the garment. These spring-arms or detents M M constitute the elu teh,which is formed integral with the baclnaud they may be arranged to either press toward each other (as shown in the drawings) or to press away from each other.

To apply the iiiiproved'button to agarment proceed as follows: Press the points on the ends ofthe springarms or'detents through the material until the back comes in contact with the latter. Pass the ends of the spring-arms or detent's through the slot in the lower plate and insert their points in the apertures H H in the upper plate, and force thehead toward the back until the said spring-arms or detente engage in the apertures with their shoulders on the upper sides ofthe plate E. The object of the hollow in the cap will now be evident, being designed to receive the upper ends of the sprin garnis or detents.

The button is now securely locked in place, and cannot be removed except by inserting a sharp tool between the arms or detents below the lowerplate and forcing them apart. It will be seen that this is dilcult to accomplish, and hence there is no possibility ofthe button becoming detached accidentally.

The sides of the slot, which are (as before mentioned) some distance below the apertures, bear against the sides of thespring-arms orde tents and prevent the head f ro in having lateral play.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we. claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. 'In a button, the Combination of the head having the slotted plate, the apertured plate, and the cap B, embracing the said plates, and

the back having a clutch to engage theY apertures in the plate, substantially as specified.

2. In a button, the combination of the head having the slotted plate D, provided with a central depression, the apertured plate E above the slotted plate, and the cap B, and the back having a clutch passing through the slot in the lower plate and engaging the apertures in theupper plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a button, the combination ofthe apertured plate E, having notches in itsperiph: ery, the slotted plate arranged beneath the same and having vertical studs or projections OLE ANDERSON. THOMAS PATTISON. l

W'itnesses:

GEO. A. MGGALVY, C. W. FULLER. 

